The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-11
SIXTY-FGVE YEARS OLD.
Trinity Sunday School Celebrates It's
Anniversary.


Trinity Methodist Sunday school cele-
brated its sixty-fifth anniversary last night.
The church was crowded from the altar to
the doors. The galleries were packed and
even the aisles Were filled. The decorations
were very fine
The exercises began with the professional
hymn, sung by the children as they marched
into the church. Then came the presenta-
ton of the class banners, which were grace
fully grouped about the pulpit, adding to
the beauty of the floral decorations
After this Master Clinton Lyon
recited Greeting" and then followed the
song, "Open the Beautiful Gates" While it
was being sung the gates in front of a
| throne erected over the pulpit were swung
| open, bringing in view white throne and
! above it golden crown and cross. At the
| foot of the throne were banks of flowers
| beautifully arranged.
| The pastor read the scriptural lesson, and
after it the school sang:
Thro' the gates of the city they are passing one
| by one,
| The redeemed who have conquered, and whose
| lives have Just begun;
| For the Lord their Redeemer, at the shining
portals stands.
| And appoints them their mansions in the house
not made with hands
The creed was then repeated. The exer-
| else by the infant class and the recitation
| of little Hattie White was one of the most
interesting features of the celebration
After singing Something for Children to
Do" came a recitation by Master Elliott
| Payge. The pastor, Rev. T. T. Christian,
gave short talk to the children telling
| them what they can do to make themselves
and the world better for their living in it,
The song, Sweet Are the Bells was then
sung, after which the Superintendent, DR..
| S. A. White, read his annual report.
The average attendance of scholars dur
ing the year, the Superintendent said, was
much larger than it was the year before.
| The senior department of the school is di-
\ vided into thirty-three classes. The primary
| department is under the management of
| Mrs. Robert McIntire, and has done very
effective work. There are Is officers, So
| teachers and 307 scholars, making
altogether, a total Iof 35S mem
belsu of the school. d'he sessions were
without interruption during the year.
| Thirty-six members of the school united
with the church. The Superintendent alluded
to the faithful work of the officers and
teachers, and particularly to the work of
the pastor who was present at every session
of the school except when called elsewhere
| by urgent pastoral work. The contribu-
tions during the year for various purposes
We're $500 50. Three members of the school
died during the year: Little Scott Chest
mutt of the infant class, Charles Francis
| Cler, Jr., and John w. Wilson
Immediately following the reading of the
| superintendent report were the memorial
exercises. Four young ladies, Misses Annie
| Winn, Annie Bowman, Gertie White and
| Ida Nell, bearing appropriate emblems, two
| of them wreathS of rosebudS and flowers in
full bloom, one a broken bough and the
! other a crown of inmortelles, recited a
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upon cross erected in front of the gates
| above the altar The exercise was in mem
| DRY of tine departed members of the school,
! Messrs. Wilson and Cler and little Scott
| Chestnut, and was very beautifully rem
| dered
The jubilee song "Hark, Harkl the Song
| Gliding Along was then sung. This was
followed by recitative exercise, "A
| String OF Pearls" by nine young ladies. The
exercise Precious Jewels by Annie VIM,
| Annie Bowman, Anna Harmon, Gertie
| White aud Bessie Baker was very prettily
| given. The school sang lin closing, the song
Beautiful Eden, refuge of peace,
| Home where the songs Of the ransomed ne'er
cease:
| o, how my spirit when saddened by gloom,
| Longs 10 behold thee, thou garden Of bloom
The pastor announced that next Sunday
will be Childrens day, and that the deco
| rations will remain to be used in
the celebration, which will include
a repetition Of a part OF the anniversary
exercises. The celebration concluded with
| the doSology and benediction by the pos
tor. The exercises were interesting through
out. The decorations were greatly admired
and many remained TO inspect them more
| closely than il was possible to do from the
| body Of the church Among the most beau
| tiful were the memorials to the late John w.
| Wilson.
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